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Loraqua la document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un saul clicha, il est film* a partir da Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche i droits, at da haut en bas, en p ^nant le nombre d'imegea nacaasaira, L->t diagrammas suivants illuatrant la mathoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICtOCOfY IISOlUtlON TIST CHART lANSt ond ISO TEST CHART No 2l I 1.0 ifo^ 1^ ^^= us yi |2.2 III I.I l*^ 1^ m m m APPLIED M/^BE Inc TfiE CA TE OF PEACE by Bliii Carman The Gate of Peace TfiE GATE OF PEACE A POEM BLISS CAHMAN NEW YORK: THE VILLAGE PRESS 1907 r ^^^• G /'\ COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY Bh'n Carman THE VILLAGE PRESS The Gate of Peace :I3805I THE GATE OF PEACE K"; rs: I, who will build the city of our dream Where beauty shall abound and truth avail, With patient love that it too wise for strife, Blending in power as gently as the rain *» the reviving earth on full spring days? Who now will speed us to its gate of peace. And reassure us on our doubtful road? Three centuries ago a fearless man. Yearning to set his people in the way. Threw all his royal might into a plan To found an ideal city that should give Freedom to every instinS for the best, From humblest impulse in his own domain To rumored wisdom from the world's far ends. ?-.,.. .>■■."•' Strengthened tvith ardor f mm a high retohe, Beneath the patient smile of Indian tkiet This fair dream flourished for a score of years, Vntil the blight of evil touched its bloom With fading, and transformed its vivid life Into a ghost-flower of its fair design. Now ruined nursery tower and gay boudoir, A sad custodian of sacred tombs. And scattered feathers from the purple wings Of doves who reign in undisputed calm Over this Eden of hope and fair essay, F(ecall the valor of this ancient quest. Great Akbar,— grandfather of Shah Jehan ■ mo built the Taj for love of one held dear Beyond all other women in the world. An.! left that loveliest memorial. The most supreme of wonders wrought by man. To move for very joy all hearts to tears Beholding how great beauty springs from love,— Akbar, the witeit ruler over hd ^^"^lyf&iar in where J„, were « W ^he6/oodofTamer/aneandChi„gh,;.Khar,, moiea, ,he Afghan, and ,he ^ajpu,. down ' ^t Biniput and Buxar in bengal Making him,elf,he lord of //inJunan, And with hi. restlen Tartar, founded there rhe Mogul empire with it, Mo,lem faith /t, joj,ou,ne„, enlightenment, and art ~ Akbar oj all the lavereign, of the Ea,t A still mo„ deeply loved and gladly prai,ed. For he who conquered with ,o ,trong a hand ™' Ab/AWr, and Kandahar, and Sind Oudh and Ori„a, Chitor and Ajmir, With all their wealth to weld them into one, Lpholding justice with hi, sovereignty Throughout hi, border, and impo,ing peace, m, first and last a seeker after truth No rraren unlaboriou: truer he sought. But that great peace which only comet with light. Emerging after chaoi has been rjuelled In some long struggle of enduring will. To be a proof of order and of law, IVhich cannot rest on falsehood nor on wrong. Rut spreads like generous sunshine on the earth I^Vhengoodness has beengainedand truth madeclear,- At whatsoe'er incalculable cost! lieturning once with his victorious arms And war-worn companies on ihe homeward march To Agra and his court's magnificence. From a campaign against some turbulent folk, //e came at evening to a (juiet place ^ Where there were many doves among the trees, ' Near Sikri by the roauside through the woods. There Salim Chisti a holy man had made ///> lonely dwelling in the wilderness Seeking perfection. And the solitude Was sweet to Akbar, and he halted there And went to Salim in his lodge and said. " O man and brothrr, ihj/ long dayi art iprnt In meditation^ iiv.king for the path Through this great world' i impediment! to peace. Here in the twilight with the holy ttari Or when the rote of morning breaki in gold; Tell me, /pray, whence comes the gip of /leace With all its blessing for a people' i need. And how may trt tranifuility be found On which man'i restlesi spirit longt to reitf" And Salim answered, "Lord, most readily In Allah's out-of-doors, for there men live More truly, being free from false constraint. For learning wi'dom with a calmer mind. For they who would find peace must conc/uerfear And ignorance and greed, — the ra jagers Of spirit, mind, and sense, — and learn to live Content beneath the shade of Allah's hand. IVho worships not his own will, shall find peace." Thfn Akbar aniwerrdy " / have in my hrarl On making bfaulj/, truth, and Juitier shinr At thf ordered ilari above the darkened earth. Are not theie alto thingi to be deiired. And itriven for with no uncertain toilf And lave through them whence comet the gift of peace f Th( Salim tmi/ed, and with hit finger drew In ih. inft du/t before hit door, and taid, " O King, th" wordi are 'rue, thj/ heart moil wite. Thou alio ihalt find peace, at Allah willi. Through following bravely what to thee leemt belt. (Vhen any quettion, ' What it peace?,' reply, ' The ihelter of the Gate of fbradiie, Tlje ihadow of the archway, not the arch. Within who if thade at need the poor may reii. The weary he refreihed, the weak lecure, And all men pauie to gladder^ at they go^—' " yind Akbnr pondered Xn/im Chitirt wordi. Thtn turning to hii miniitfrs, hf mid, '^Jhre uill I build my capita/, and here The world shall come unto a council hall. And in a place of peace pursue the ,fuest ' Of wisdom and the finding out of truth. That time be no more discord upon earth. But onljf knowledge, beauty, and good will." And it was done according to Akbar's word There in th^ wilderness as by magic rose Futtehpur Sikri, the victorious city. Of -nrble and red sandstone, among the trees A rose unfolding in the kindling dawn. Mace and mosque and garden and serai, " Mars and baths, and spacious pleasure-grounds. ■' favour of Allah to perfeOion sprang. Tbut Akbar wrought to make his dream com.e true. From the four corners of the world he brought His master workmen, from Iran and Ind From wild Mongolia and the Arabian wastes • Masons from Baghdad, Delhi, and Multan; Dome builders from the North, from Samarkand; Cunning mosaic workers from Kanauj ; And carvers of inscriptions from Shiraz.; And they all labored with endearing skill. Each at his handcraft, to make beaut]/ be. '-■ The timid doves, as if foreboding ill, 'i Had fled from Sikri and its quiet groves, I When the first ax-blade on the timber rang. But as he promised, Akbar sent and bade The wise men of all nations to his court. Brahman and Christian, Buddhist and Piirsee, Jain and stiff Mohammedan and Jew, All followers of the One with many names, Bringing the ghostly wisdom of the earth. And w they came, of every hue and creed; From the twelve winds of heaven their caravans Drew into Sikri as Akbar summoned them. To spend long afternoons in council grave. Sifting tradition for the seed of truth. In the great Mosque in Futtehpur at peace. And Salim Chisti lived his holy life, Beloved and honored there as Altbar's friend. But light and changeable are the heart, of men. Soon in that city dedicate to peace Distensions spread and rivalries grew rife, Envy and bitterness and strife returned Once more, and truth before them fled away. Then Salim Chisti, coming to Akbar spoke, "Lord, give thy servant leave now to depart And follow where the fluttered wings have gone. For hen there is no longer any peace. And truth cannot prevail where discord dwells." "^3^ 'hen," ,aid Akbar, »',i, no. ,hou bu, I Who am ,he servant here and must ^o hence, /found thee matter of this solitude, Lord of the princedom of a quiet mind, A sovereign vested in tranjui/ity And I have done thee wrong and stajted th^, feet FrornfoUomngperfeaion, with m/horde^ Of turbulent malcontents; and my l^ed dream To butld a city of abiding peace ms but a vain illusion. Therefore now n,s foolish people shall be driven forth l^l'^J; f"'^ P'p 'o iive as they may choose fn dtputance and wrangling longer still, Unttl they learn, if Allah wills it so To lay aside their folly for the truth." And as the King commanded, so it was More ,utWy than he came, with all his court And hosts of followers he went away leaving the place to solitude once more _ A rose to wither where it once had blown To-daj, ,he all-kind Unpolluted .un The mnds plaj, hide and seek .hrougb corr.dor. T'rl' "" "'^ '^^rk.loiin^Z" The rose lea.e. drop u.i:h none ,o gathef,J' rn garden. u,here no footfall comes u:i,h ^e ' ^"y^Jl^'^er, watch the rising moon. SnU holds the secret, of the CounciiHall testT'"""'^''"'''"'^'""''^/"'"- ^"'"'h^ courtesy of open mind,. ^^yhe last camp.follotv,r w,s gone, J^^J'-"' returned and tooUp their aLode /» 'he matn gate of those deserted walls Andtn their custody this ^^Cate of f^ace' ^^"rs "ill the grandeur of its origin ^":j'">^^ 'he wistful hearts of mln To brave endeavour with replenished hop Though since thai time three hundred yeart ago, The magic hush of those forsaken streets And empty courtyards has been undisturbed. Save by the gentle whirring of grey wings. With cooing murmurs uttered all day long. And reverent tread of those from near and far. Who still pursue the immemorial truest. One hundred twelve copiei of The Gate of f^ace printed by Frederic and Bertha Coudy at the Village Preii, New York, in December, I go J. This copy is No. \J .